Welcome to Errol Morris Week, a celebration of the legendary director and his work. This is the first of his six shorts for ESPN Films. It’s about electric football, a basement league, and the gang of glorious eccentrics who keep a decades-long tradition alive.

Good teams don’t have many weak spots to begin with, and if there are any obvious holes as the offseason gets started, they’re usually taken care of with a chunk of money in free agency or an early pick come draft time. There are times, though, when the options run out and one or two spots still hang in the air. That’s what training camp is for.

The sale of Suárez wasn’t surprising (he tried to force his exit from the club last summer). It was Fenway Sports Group’s speed in acting on Suárez’s post–World Cup exit that surprised many. It shouldn’t have, though. After all, this ownership group has had to do this before.

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